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World Service,12 Aug 2026,49 mins

Colombian rescue operations continue

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Rescue workers in Colombia are working against the clock to free survivors trapped in buildings and under rubble following Monday's powerful earthquake. In Turkey we look at an offer of a conditional pardon and legal protections to thousands of members of the outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party. The Democratic Republic of Congo, is facing its largest Ebola outbreak on record, with more than 4,000 confirmed cases and the death toll now above 2,000. Presenters: James Copnall and Catherine Byaruhanga. (Photo: Rescue workers and volunteers take part in a search operation at the scene of a destroyed building following a 7.4-magnitude earthquake, in Cali, Colombia. Credit: Ernesto Guzmán Jr/EPA).

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